Joe Brulle 👊🏽🇺🇸🔋
@jcbrul.bsky.social
Into climate risk mitigation and adaptation strategies. IT and data nerd. Web3 for climate. Energy Web Worker Node operator. I like maps. Cities are cool. Dogs. DMV sports. Tarheel basketball.
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Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Sikorsky said such impacts are already straining security systems worldwide, noting that “militaries around the world (are) deployed to respond to climate disasters,” while competition over food and water resources is intensifying geopolitical tensions.
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/climat...
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/climat...
Climate tipping point crossed, experts warn at Munich Security Conference - Türkiye Today
'Top 10 threats to the economy, 5 of them were ecological,' says Germany's environment minister
www.turkiyetoday.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Sikorsky said such impacts are already straining security systems worldwide, noting that “militaries around the world (are) deployed to respond to climate disasters,” while competition over food and water resources is intensifying geopolitical tensions.
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/climat...
www.turkiyetoday.com/world/climat...
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Love this. Rather than allowing Trump/MAGA to flood the zone with hateful agitprop, Democrats need to speak up regularly and forcefully, "We will defend you and your communities from this absolute madness." "We need more immigrants, not fewer." "ICE is bad and immigration is good."
The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Love this. Rather than allowing Trump/MAGA to flood the zone with hateful agitprop, Democrats need to speak up regularly and forcefully, "We will defend you and your communities from this absolute madness." "We need more immigrants, not fewer." "ICE is bad and immigration is good."
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All those kids & nurses & mechanics & service workers that we are deporting? It costs us $133,333 a head.
Again: we are spending $133,333 per migrant worker that we deport.
Again: we are spending $133,333 per migrant worker that we deport.
US Spent $133,333 for Each Deportation to Third Party Countries
The figures from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats average out to a cost of roughly $133,333 per person deported. The report outlines the cost of President Donald Trump’s controversial pol...
finance.yahoo.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
All those kids & nurses & mechanics & service workers that we are deporting? It costs us $133,333 a head.
Again: we are spending $133,333 per migrant worker that we deport.
Again: we are spending $133,333 per migrant worker that we deport.
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This part.
Buttigieg talks about amending the Constitution. The hosts kinda sigh and laugh like it's impossible.
Pete replies: We all feel so jaded. But it's not too much to ask. The Founders' idea of not having a King was way more radical than anything we've just talked about.
Buttigieg talks about amending the Constitution. The hosts kinda sigh and laugh like it's impossible.
Pete replies: We all feel so jaded. But it's not too much to ask. The Founders' idea of not having a King was way more radical than anything we've just talked about.
February 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
This part.
Buttigieg talks about amending the Constitution. The hosts kinda sigh and laugh like it's impossible.
Pete replies: We all feel so jaded. But it's not too much to ask. The Founders' idea of not having a King was way more radical than anything we've just talked about.
Buttigieg talks about amending the Constitution. The hosts kinda sigh and laugh like it's impossible.
Pete replies: We all feel so jaded. But it's not too much to ask. The Founders' idea of not having a King was way more radical than anything we've just talked about.
The US is choosing to be losers in this race.
"As the United States doubles down on domestic fossil fuels, China continues to extend its influence around the globe."
Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
"As the United States doubles down on domestic fossil fuels, China continues to extend its influence around the globe."
Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The US is choosing to be losers in this race.
"As the United States doubles down on domestic fossil fuels, China continues to extend its influence around the globe."
Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
"As the United States doubles down on domestic fossil fuels, China continues to extend its influence around the globe."
Why Living in China Is Like ‘Living in the Future’ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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The Mojave Desert isn’t barren—it’s alive. 🌱
A rare plant, the threecorner milkvetch, jumped from 12 plants to 93 after a Nevada solar project used a gentler construction method that protected desert seed banks. Newest collab with @grist.org
#SolarEnergy #Biodiversity #Ecovoltaics
A rare plant, the threecorner milkvetch, jumped from 12 plants to 93 after a Nevada solar project used a gentler construction method that protected desert seed banks. Newest collab with @grist.org
#SolarEnergy #Biodiversity #Ecovoltaics
Study: NV solar farm becomes a haven for rare plants
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Mojave Desert isn’t barren—it’s alive. 🌱
A rare plant, the threecorner milkvetch, jumped from 12 plants to 93 after a Nevada solar project used a gentler construction method that protected desert seed banks. Newest collab with @grist.org
#SolarEnergy #Biodiversity #Ecovoltaics
A rare plant, the threecorner milkvetch, jumped from 12 plants to 93 after a Nevada solar project used a gentler construction method that protected desert seed banks. Newest collab with @grist.org
#SolarEnergy #Biodiversity #Ecovoltaics
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As US elites bury their heads in the sand, China continues to act on climate change, both domestically and by turning much of its economy into an engine for clean energy exports. Hard to overstate the implications for climate and geopolitics over the coming decades.
Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
February 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
As US elites bury their heads in the sand, China continues to act on climate change, both domestically and by turning much of its economy into an engine for clean energy exports. Hard to overstate the implications for climate and geopolitics over the coming decades.
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You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me!
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/
February 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
You may find this map shocking. The crazy imbalance even surprised me!
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/
It’s the ratio of record highs vs record lows in each city since 2020. That’s right, in Miami there have been 115 daily record highs, but only 1 record morning low! Phoenix: 138 to 0!… 1/
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South #Australia power prices plummeting as it nears 100% renewables, proving to the world relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 % in a year and sometimes going negative.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables
South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...
www.newscientist.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM
South #Australia power prices plummeting as it nears 100% renewables, proving to the world relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 % in a year and sometimes going negative.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
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Of the 52 million jobs created in America since 1989, 51 million, 97%, have been created under Dem Presidents. Essentially all of them. 4/
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Of the 52 million jobs created in America since 1989, 51 million, 97%, have been created under Dem Presidents. Essentially all of them. 4/
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Western-style forest fires have come to the east. "There were 77,850 US wildfires in 2025, and nearly half—49%—ignited east of the Mississippi... Over the past 40 years, the [east and southeast have] seen a 10-fold jump in the frequency of large burns." Nice piece by @jeva.bsky.social
The U.S. Fire Map Is Changing — And These Researchers Want to Get Ahead of It
Wildfires are moving east.
heatmap.news
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Western-style forest fires have come to the east. "There were 77,850 US wildfires in 2025, and nearly half—49%—ignited east of the Mississippi... Over the past 40 years, the [east and southeast have] seen a 10-fold jump in the frequency of large burns." Nice piece by @jeva.bsky.social
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the installation appear to be fabricated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/a...
Are faked public comments about to tank an Ohio solar farm? • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the installation appear to be fabricated.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Ohio is poised to block a major solar farm because of local pushback — even though a substantial number of public comments opposing the installation appear to be fabricated. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/02/10/a...
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Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
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Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
If you haven't seen Wilson play yet, you need to tune in. Plays with a chip on his shoulder. Wants to dunk the ball every time. Ranked behind Peterson, Boozer, and Dybantsa, Caleb has already outplayed 2 of them. He gets a chance at Boozer this weekend.
andscape.com/features/unc...
andscape.com/features/unc...
UNC's Caleb Wilson takes a page from Michael Jordan in stellar freshman season: 'It became personal' - Andscape
North Carolina freshman forward Caleb Wilson has a list of about 30 names, including college freshmen he believes got the nod over him in high school and coaches who slighted him in recruiting or with...
andscape.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
If you haven't seen Wilson play yet, you need to tune in. Plays with a chip on his shoulder. Wants to dunk the ball every time. Ranked behind Peterson, Boozer, and Dybantsa, Caleb has already outplayed 2 of them. He gets a chance at Boozer this weekend.
andscape.com/features/unc...
andscape.com/features/unc...
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“The scale of solar being deployed in such a short period of time has not been seen, I think, anywhere ever before.”
This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pow...
This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pow...
The Power of the Sun
While its implementation as a renewable energy may seem new, humans have used solar energy for hundreds of years.
education.nationalgeographic.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
“The scale of solar being deployed in such a short period of time has not been seen, I think, anywhere ever before.”
This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pow...
This is my take on solar adoption in Pakistan covered by National Geographic.
education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/pow...
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
Can't believe I'm reposting something from the Cato Institute but here we are.
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Can't believe I'm reposting something from the Cato Institute but here we are.
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When WSJ falls in love with Chinese EV, the “Big 3” are in big trouble. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When WSJ falls in love with Chinese EV, the “Big 3” are in big trouble. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I will never buy a Tesla car, battery, solar panel, robot, internet, or use their AI. This is a toxic brand that relies on financial gimmicks to make one of the absolute worst people, the wealthiest in the world.
Tesla is rededicating itself to rooftop solar with a new panel it’ll make at its Buffalo, New York, factory.
Tesla launches its own solar panel as its EV business falters
Will its latest design, being built in Buffalo, New York, buck the downturn in rooftop solar — and Tesla auto sales?
www.canarymedia.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I will never buy a Tesla car, battery, solar panel, robot, internet, or use their AI. This is a toxic brand that relies on financial gimmicks to make one of the absolute worst people, the wealthiest in the world.
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The US—already a laggard on electric vehicle adoption—fell further behind Europe & China in 2025. Both Europe & China have substantially increased their EV market shares, while the US EV market share fell from 2024 to 2025.
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The US—already a laggard on electric vehicle adoption—fell further behind Europe & China in 2025. Both Europe & China have substantially increased their EV market shares, while the US EV market share fell from 2024 to 2025.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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